the tax issues. >> reporter: while sticking point remain whether to delayde automatic domestic and militaryi spending cuts, the vicevice president and top republicans have agreed to keep taxes goinge up on couples making less than 450,000 year, extendexte unemployment benefits for a yea and a raise the estate tax rate. >> we will continue to work on finding smarter ways to cutcut spending, but it's not let thata hold up protecting americansa from the tax hike that will take place in about 10 hours. >> reporter: the framework under discussion requires democrats tr give on tax hikes, and republicans to compromise on spending cuts. this has some members bristling, and others wondering if the votes are there to pass it. >> no deal is better than a badb deal, and this looks like a bad deal. >> reporter: at this point, thet deal has to start in the senate. there is not actually a deal to vote on at this point, so there isn't a vote scheduled, but if a when it is voted on, and if it is passed. they will be able to dial backbc the tax hikes in the daily or

two.il shawn? >> thank you.u. mark joins us.ns from are reports that we know now there will not be a house vote on the fiscal cliff packagk tonight. what are you hearing? what are the chances in what's going on? >> the u.s. congress has taken incomplete, remember that, you would call the registrar and, or your professor, and you took an incomplete, and that's what they've done. mcdonnell and the democratsdemo could get something done in terms of taxes, and it's a stage of process, but in terms of the whole bargain, they want more time of the what republicans didn't want to have blamedblam monday them is that they increased taxes on the middle class, and so maybe tim kainey was prophetic.ti he said let's just settle atse 500,000.tt they settled at 450,000, and noo

move to the tougher stuff later. >> we've seen a lot of frustration and it's not justjus the americans who will be affected. lawmakers also fed up, maryland senator, the longer serving woman in the senate, said i, lived through 9/11, i've lived through impeachment of a president, but this is what we are doing to hour selfment are you surprised we got to thisto point?po >> not really, and i tried to talk about it in recent weeks.s. we now have the state legislatures to blame. they draw incumbent preservation society districts though that republicans feel they are their only trek is for people more toe the right of them, and worried about primaries, and we don't have con tested districts so that people don't have to go tog the middle and don't have to compromisave and there seemed tt be more concern with just per pellet waiting themselves thenth

doing -- perpetuatingpe themselves, then doing something for the country. and that's the political climatc we live in and you just have divided government where youment have a democratic president, and the democratic senate, and you have a very different republicau house, and you know, even thiss supposed modified deal has to g through the house, let's see iff john boehner meets up with the same problem he had before when, you remember, plan b, which wass just a charade, but now it'sit' serious, and if he can't evenen control his own ranks, then itth will be passed with break awayaw republicans and all the democrats. >> i know we will stay on top ot us.op. >> i'm not leaving. >> stay right in your seat! we'll see what details happen between now and the next, oh, 6, minutes. we'll talk to you again in a few minutes and find out, get yourur perspective on the very latest. thank you.

lightening the mood, the other big story, the redskins are the nfc east champions and c they are heading to the play-offs after beating the cowboys in a thrilling show-down. now the redskins are gearing up to go head to head at home against the seattle seahawks.se scott joins us live from redskins park in ash burn with the highlights and a look ahead. >> reporter: on this day, in the last four years, lockers will bi getting cleaned out, vacationato plans would be gettingget finalized, but not today, they are nfc east champions. taking care of dallas last nigha in the regular season finale. rgiii was not at full speed, but still able to find the end zone. he costs in from 9 oust to give the redskins the first lead. griffin rushed 6 times for 63 yards. in the 4th quarter, 14-10, ermorris with a night to remembe he breaks into the open for aa

32-yard touchdown run, third oft the game for morris. he finished with 200 yards on 33 carries, and in the process, sets a new redskins season single season rushing record, 16, 13 yards. cowboys down three. romo picked off by rob jackson.o skins third interception. they win the nfc east title. just to think on november 4, this team was 3-6. now they will host a play offp lagame sunday against seattle.e. >> i'm very proud of this group because there's a lot of people, when they're 3-6, and you findyu some adversity they are notare strong enough mentally to go ou and practice hard, to give themselves a chance to accomplish goals. youco have to have strong character to take criticism ands keep on fighting and not worrywr about what's being said and just focus on your job. j players as well as coaches, soso

very proud. >> this is the best feeling i've ever had, i sat in the lockerlo room, at a loss for words, it's that important to us, and we went out and did what we said we would do. we won 7 straight, won the division, and now we're in thete playoff, and now we need to decide how far we want to go. g >> it's the seahawks and redskins sunday, 4:30 on fox 5.o we will have a pre-game show at 3:30.3:30 also, we should mention todayday was black monday as they are calling t 7 nfl head coachesoach have lost their jobs, so it maya not be too early to start to expect hear offensive coordinator kyle shanahan's name thrown out there in the coming weeks. >> not just yet.ust we need him, nor a couple moreme games. of course, the excitement continues over the burke did ii and gold -- buggy and gold. the redskins return to the playoff, it has been five longng years since that happened.d. bob is here with a look how people are celebrating, bob? >> reporter: they are expressin their love for this team on

social media and by wearing the burgundy and gold. a but you don't have to be a fana of the redskins to appreciate what this team has done this season. this is what it looked like atat public bar last night when the redskins sealed the deal. london fletcher leading theth defense, and rgiii his ridge against.nst. >> i love it. this is euphoria. >> i really love my redskins, man! and i couldn't do without them.m man, this is the greatest day ia a long time. rgiii bringing the city back. >> rgiii!gi >> reporter: gordon dancing in the street, proudly wearingwe number 10. >> it's excitement, this town is back how it used to be back in the day. >> reporter: robert griffin iii, almost single handily carrying the team into the post season.

>> wearing that proudly?ly >> i might sleep in it tonight. i don't want to take it off. if i take it off, it might brinr us bad luck. >> reporter: for now, they aree celebrating the redskins winninn with t-shirts hot off the presses. >> it's been a long, long time. kind of remind everybody how ol they are. it's been a long time. >> reporter: shirts featuringhi the best of rtthe burgundy andrg gold will unbe sold at giant foa stores in the washington region. >> there's a lot of favorites. fans fall in love with the players. whole town, when they will town advances. >> reporter: cheap z is 71, has missed just four home games inga 34 years.me knows what it means when thet redskins win. >> some might still be at theth stadium. we were there to 3:30 p.m.

>> reporter: all agree the bigbi win was something special. >> we can't ask for nothingthi else. thanksgiving, christmas, new year's, everything wrapped up in one. >> earlier today, we asked our facebook friends how much theyow would be mwilling to spend to actually go to next sundaysun afternoon's game and see it in person. we've heard from a lot of folks, some say maybe $200, one said hi d would spend $10,000, we thinke was jokes, but most said theyth would rather stay home and watch it at home, and do it on thethe cheap and smart. coming up at 6:00, we'll go to some sites and tell you what you would have to pay if you wanted to go to sunday's playoff game. >> it's so exciting.exc bob barker, thank you. fox 5 will bring awe speciap pregame show on sunday, startint at 3:30. scott smith, lindsay murphy andu doc walker rpwill be here with l the inside angles as the skins take on the seahawks. coming up next, following a

news alert from northern virginia.vi a police officer killed in a serious crash. we're live there on the scene.ce >> we are hours away fromfrom welcoming in a brand new year. we'll take you live to timest square where the iconic ball will drop at midnight.m new year's eve forecast isi coming up, and new year's dayda forecast. we'll talk about that as well. first look at the forecast, and more news. stay with us. fox 5 news at 5:00 will continue. continue.

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we're following a news alert out of northern virginia, ahe police officer rninvolved in a crash the motorcycle officer has just been pronounced dead. lauren is live at the scene at route 28. what happened? >> reporter: well, the application asking for prayers from the public, after the police officer was killed in the line of duty. as you said, it happened aroundd on00 p.m. this afternoon on 28no knoxville road, in bristol. br you can see it is still an active scene. the victim has been identifiedfi at 35-year-old officer chris young. he was with the principles william county police development for 7 years, and was assigned to the traffic unit.tr we have a photo from leesburg of the initial crash.in police itsay officer young was n his motorcycle this afternoon, responding to another crash.o he was traveling southso southbound when a minivan tried

to make a left turn into theth shopping center, and collided with him. officer young was transported tn the sphospital where he was lata pronounced dead. you can see the minivan and motorcycle were destroyed by the flames. no other injuries reported, however. i talked to the police spokesperson over the phone, she says the entire department isis distressed tonight. acting chief released a statement, stating the department is dealing with theth loss of a colleague, and friendr and asking for prayers anders thoughts again from the public. so again tonight, officer chris young dead at age 35. we 35don't know who was driving that minivan, but we are told no other injuries. route 28 is shut down -- so closed off in that area inin bristol. police are directing traffic, it looks like they are switching from investigating to clean upup

so we will be bring you the latest tonight at 10:00. back to you. >> thank you. take a look at the weatherwe outside. sure has been a dark and gloomy day. >> it's gloom and doom where ian live. my goodness. >> gary, lot of folks going to be out tonight celebrating the new year's eve. what can they expect? >> 7:32, we caught someso sunshine. >> okay. >> i have to keep up.up who else would?woul that's what woke me up. cloudy skies as you might, asmi you said, gwe have a couple of showers, start with radar here.e these are very, very light andl to be honest with you, not much of this is probably making it to the ground. there may be a sprinkle here or there, around vast passedst through charles county, southerh sections of prince george, and i

think that's about. earlier, they were showing a snow make up to northernnor sections of hartford county and baltimore county. that's out of bahere.. here's temperatures with thewi clouds. we have just made it into the low 40s. most everybody else out in the suburbs has stayed in the middle 30s. cloudy skies right on throught the evening hours. and i don't expect anything more than maybe a flurry or maybe a sprinkle, depending where you are, and that's it. so mainly cloudy as temperatures will drop down into the 30s. now, the altogether important new year's eve forecast, and ian bet you know what this will bring you. it does look like we willw continue with cloudy skies,ud temperatures around midnight as we bring in the new year will be around 30, mid-30s or so for just about everybody, maybe ay, little colder in spots out to the north and west, and the good news here, winds will be lightb so if you have toe be, or you want to be out and about, ofou course, being careful and staying safe.fe

it's not going to be miserably cold, and just so you know, new york city, temperatures will bea in the middle 30s as well, and cloudy. not a bad thing, bad forecast, all things considered.c it could be worse. >> thank you. gary.. the new year's arrived in asia in grand fashion. light shows, concerts and fireworks started it off. revellers marked a spiritual beginning.be there is no pig better party on new year's eve than in time's square. >> reporter: new york cityor revellers wearing k plastic glasses spelling out 201.out >> i love the energy. >> i always watch it on tv, never been here. >> reporter: parliament of a record breaking 52 -- part of aa

record breaking 52 million visitors to new york city. >> we're from hamilton, georgiag whoo! >> reporter: and they arete r:bundling up in order to beat o rdnear freezing temperatures.mp >> lot of clothing and layers.la >> reporter: organizers areare expecting a million people toto crawl into the cross roads of the world. >> three, two, one. happy new year! >> practicing confetti drops, testing the multicolored paper shreds, and hoisting the waterford crystal ball high above times square, all set to make its descent in the momentso before midnight.ht covered with more than 26002600 crystal triangles and lit up by 32,000 colored l.e.d. lights. this year, tucked inside, there's a tribute to the latelae dick clark, and name synonymous with the celebration. >> he celebrated here for over 40 years, and this year, we have taken one of the crystal panels and we in described his name onn

it -- inscribed his name on it. >> new details about a woman accused of killing a new yorkil man liby pushing him off a subwb platform into the path of a train. why she says she did it. >> and more than two weeks after he killed 27 others and himself in newtown, connecticut, someone has claimed the body of adam lanza. >> if you have a story idea, call the tip line. happy new year! we'll be right back. right back

did alcohol or speed cause a crash in virginia? it happened early this morningmn on route 28 at the i-you have overpass, police say the man died after crashing into the back of a tractor-trailerctor stopped at a red light.gh his car erupted into flames, the tractor-trailer driver was not hurt. new york woman arrested forr pushing a man off a subway platform to his death will now

undergo a psychiatric evaluation. erica menendez is facing murdera charges as a hate crime. she says she pushed the muslim man to his death because since the september 11 attacks, she dislikes muslims and hindus. this is the second deadly incident in a new york subway this month. the father of the gunman who killed 26 people in the connecticut school shooting has claimed his son's body.on the remains of adam lanza released last week. private arrangements held over the weekend, ntbut the family wl not elaborate.noat the shooter went on a killingon spree abefore taking his on li. police still don't know the motive behind the killings. still ahead at 5:00, hillar: clinton hospitalized for a blood clot.oo we have dthe latest on her condition, and a closer look at the dangers of blood clots. >> is it love at first sight or just luis? -- lust? a look at the science of it all.

this is fox 5 news at 5:00. >> second of state hillary teclinton is spending had you -o is spending her new year's evey in the hospital.ta this after doctors found a bloo clot in her head.her >> reporter: hillary clinton ist the hospital after the discovery of a blood clot on sunday. doctors found the clot during a follow up exam for a concussion she sustained earlier thiss month. secretary clinton is underun observation at new york presbyterian hospital through hs tuesday where she is being treated with blood thinners. the state department releasing a statement, saying her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including otherng issues associated with a cona customer. they will determine if any further action is required. medical experts say the seriousness of a blood clot depends on where it is. >> with the previous head trauma, may make her at risk for developing a bleed in her head. because they are thinning out her blood. it is classic and a very smart

move to bring her into the hospital and observe her carefully. >> reporter: the top u.s. t diplomate was expected to return to work this week after being sidelined by a stomach virus that left her dehydrated, but she suffer the concussion after fainting due to the dehydration. this canceled her testimony on the attack in benghazi. the top two deputies testified her place.e. she has stressed he remains ready to testify before she steps down next month. we're learning more about the blood clot, doctors treatint her say the clot formed in the vein in the space between thee rain and the skull, behind her right ear. but they stress they are confident she will make a full recovery. for more insight on this. let's bring in the head of the neurology department at howent university. a thanks for coming in.om first question, how does a blooa

clot develop, and what are the risks? >> the blood clot develops in the veins, because of decreased flowing. it can be dehydration sometimesy that causes the blood to thicken up, it can be because of injury to the vessel wall, and there is a clot formation in the vessel.t >> what are the risks? >> the risks are very slight, but it's possible that you can have it -- major risk for thrombose, but in mrs. clinton's case, the combination of the infection, the dehydration withe the trauma to the, maybe shemayb fell on that right side of the head. >> is there any area where it is more dangerous to develop a blood clot? >> any this venus sinus can be dangerous, you can havee seizures, convulsions, focal

deficits, so it is possible that any damage to clotting can be a serious problem. however, in this case, there was no focal deficit. the person was normal except foc headache or other manifestations that we don't know, but the fact that you're doing well, it looks like all you need to do is be given blood thinner. she should be completely normal. >> and but here's the question, the concern i had. this is her second blood clot, o couple yearsod ago, she suffered one in her leg.eg the fact that it's happened again, is there, should there bd more of a concern now? >> well, the previous blood clot was in the oleg, and those are - they only go to the lungs, they don't go to the brain, but thet treatment is the same. the you do give the same anti coagulants. so in this case, this is the first time she had it in the

head, and basically, probably was ala variety of factors, the trauma, the dehydration, infection. i think that the anti coagulation, i think there's a chance she can completely recover. >> can blood clots be prevented? >> to an extent, by hydration, making sure there's no inflammatory component, so streeting infectioning -- -- treating infections early. >> okay. thank you for the insight. >> thank you. porch hw bush is improve -- former president george hw bush is improving, and has been moved out of icu.of he has been in the hospitalth since the day after thanksgiving. he was originally admitted with a bronchitis like cough, but developed a fever last week. mr. bush is 88 years old.

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announced he is engaged.ed find out who he is just ahead. >> big news about a celebrity couple, now expecting a baby. and up next, have you made a new year's resolution yet?on we hit the streets to see whate many of you are hoping to changh in 2013. in 2013.  irene, drop the itch.

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so what's on your list? y get fit, organized, be nicer? >> whatever your resolution,re it's almost time to get started, but as we show you, maybe any time is a good time. >> thank you!ha >> reporter: the relationship between these siblings can be a little chilly. >> to get along, i wish. it would be great, yeah.ye they love each other, but it'sbu hard t to tell a lie. >> reporter: so the ice rink ish the place to be on this break from school.om >> they get along on the ice, which is why we're here. >> they are there for each other, but otherwise, it's a lot of back and forth.d fo you did this, i did that.

>> reporter: maybe a new year's resolution would help. >> be better, try to be a better person, nicer to people, and, kind to strangers, save my money.ng all that good stuff.g >> when the new year comes, itme feels like a fresh start. >> it's something you stick tosc for the whole year. >> like six months. >> reporter: it isn't always easy. >> try to give up soda, and then it's like no, i can't live without it.. >> reporter: they just moved tot the area. >> resolution for us is be ableb to enjoy it and get out and see more things. >> i'm going to try to finish u by bachelor's degree.'s >> i would like to get better in my skiing. s >> reporter: some say you shouldn't speed around ini circles trying to come up with h resolution tonight. >> really, you should try to do better in your life all the time anyway. >> no matter what time of year.r >> yes. >> i think resolutions should b made throughout the year, and you should continually try tory improve yourself, and so i

stopped making new year'syea resolution. i like to get better all the time. >> reporter: so lace up, get out there. the time for a resolution is any time. in arlington, beth parker, fox f news. >> do you make resolutions?re >> my resolution is not to makee resolution. i never stick to them, and you figure okay, by what, in two days, i'm eating the cookies again. so no resolutions.ti that's my resolution. i can stick to that. maybe the redskins, threw new year's resolution -- threw new year's resolution will be to win a super bowl. >> also ahead, what is the best bubbly to ring in the new year?r we'll show you how to pick theth best sparkling wine.spar >> and gary has your fullll forecast. what we can expect for the firs day of the year.

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at the post season, as now a new four game season to take on. of course, a big one last nighta the joke around here is alfred morris is running a huge game from him last night, let's pick it up in the second quarter

where morris got the skins on the score board. his 17-yard touchdown tied the game at 7.7. morris rushed for 92 yards, that in the first half.. third quarter, morris on this carry for 9 yards, breaksyar clinton pore tis's single seasos inmark of 1516 yards. he shattered it. morris was not done in the fourth quarter, 42-yard touchdown run, third touchdown rdof the game. morris with 33 carries for 200 yards, finishing the rookiet regular season with 1613 yards and a team rookie record of 13 touchdowns. >> i knew in order for us to win, i needed a frowned attack. i -- a ground attack.a who is healthy, what's the situation.io i'm going to go out there and leave it on the field. and it just turned out, my best game thus far. i'm thankful we were getting in the post season.

>> he makes runs that are blocked for three yards, 7-yard- gains, and the offensive line stepped up big for him tonight, and gave him some big holes to run through, but all the same, he's out there running over guys, continuing to move his legs. we told him he would get 200 if he breck a couple long ones, and he broke them tonight. >> reporter: so one of many matchups that will be watched,wa the quarterback match up of two rookies, russell wilson, rgiii, two guys that are completely in the mix for the rookie of the year award, and one of many similarities the teams have on the offensive side of the board. let's look ahead at the matchup and what's coming up as we show you at 3:30, our special pregams show peright here on fox 5. followed up by the fox network show at 4:00, and a

4:30 kickoff, seahawks, redskins playoff fever alive and well at fedex field. we expect as rowdy as the crowd was last night, they will cann certainly in the mix comein t sunday. it will be a rematch. 2005/2006, these two teams met in seattle, sea hawks won the two games. i think pay back is in store. okay.>> so much better today --to >> the weather's not nearly as exciting. >> it's not.s but it's new year's eve, so folks want to know. >> the weather is not nearly as exciting, it's cloudy and cold. >> and not as windy. >> no, no. it's good out there for the festivities. until you get something like som this, it can be worse. for the folks at times square, all squished together.alsq it's going to be cloudy with temperatures in the middle 30s in case you care.. in terms of temperatures for uso

we managed into the lower 40s for highs, just, again, not much sunshine. waking up real early to see t the clouds came over quickly. 40 now, gaithersburg, 36, dulles 45, you get the idea. north and west it's colder. it will be cloudy all evening long, okay? and i'm not too word about anything falling from the sky. however, we did have a little bit of light rain trying to fall in places, probably only hitting the ground as sprinkles, and that was farther to the south for charles county. but we'll keep it cloudy. if there's a sprinkle or two, it shouldn't be a big deal. we bring in the new year, with i nice, it's going to be cloudy, temperatures will only be in the mid-30s, and as maureen pointed out, maybe the mostth important thing eis a light winh so we don't have to worry abouto that. . this looks very dramatic with a lot of rain and then snow to thn north aof us, but trust me, i think we're overdoing this. the computer is overdoing thisov

rainfall quite a bit. and then you look back out toba ckthe northwest, and there's soe snow coming through pittsburgh, western sex of pennsylvania, -- sections of pennsylvania, butpen nothing here is too heavy.vy but you can see all of this precipitation, whether it be in the form of snow or rain, or a little mixture in between, it does have its eyes on the mid-atlantic, but again, it's also white.so it just doesn't look like it's going to have an impact on us whatsoever. we're still carrying at least a chance for maybe a sprinkle or flurry in the forecast.. this is new year's day with future cast, 7:00 a.m., we wakee up to just some clouds.cl any rain should be to the southh e of the metro, and again, veryg very light, and we watch as we progress through the day.e maybe there's a shower or sprinkle here and there, but it doesn't look like a big deal, most of this will dry out as it comes over the mountains ands

tape to the south of us. and that will be the case right on through into tomorrow evening. because we get into wednesday, the high pressure comes throughs and pushes all the that to the south of us, so sun comes back on wednesday, not the case tomorrow. new year's day, we won't havewo any sunshine.n'su it does look like the trends iss going to stay quite chilly for the next several days, cloudyda yskies tonight, around 30 degrer for the suburbs, we're talking middle 30s or so for lows inlows town. i just put spotty pre-cip n you may get a sprinkle tomorrow, some places into the colder ofco the air, will get a flurry herer and there. it won't amount to anything.hi we're not going to see any accumulation.ti colder on wednesday, 38 degrees, and it just looks like after that, we're fog to mainly have chilly sunshine in the next several tdays, temperatures inda the ysupper 30s to right around 40 degrees, so as we enter into the new year, just kinds of cold.f >> at leagues it's not snow --

least it's not snowy and icy. >> and i looked 384 hours into the future, and no snow in the future. wedding bells for ovechkin.c they've been dating for a year, and spent more time together sense the nhl is in mid-lock out. kim kardashian is in for a huge dose of real life. she and her boyfriends, kanyey west frare expecting. the 35-year-old rapper told concert gore that he and hisan baby mama were having a baby. kardashian took to twitter to break the news after her boyfriends did.bo she said she was looking forward to great new begins in 2013, and starting a family. kim and kanye have been dating since march. tonight is the night thathe people all nover the world will

ring in 2013.01 many of you will celebrate the new year with a glass of bubblyf but how do you know which champagne is best for you? steve stopped by with some tipss >> do you have a champagne taste on a beer budget, or coca-cola budget? or looking to splurge on a nice bottlea of bubbly to ring in tn new year. either way, your options are endless, and we will talk to th man who can tell us about the endless options. steve isle with paul's wine and spirits. he talks about this and the chic ways to celebrate. >> either way you want to do it. >> we're going to start off.rt if you're on a budge get. how should you handle this. >> all champagne and sparkling wine is not chapel -- so we'llso started over here. spanish kava, not as complex as real french champagne, underch $15, you can find a lot of great

values. next we have american.e we have one from new mexico, so sparkling wine can be made from anywhere in the world. we have california, these are 14 to 15, $16.$1 >> okay. >> and we have the most popular sparkling bind right now in then -- wine right now. this is the grape from italy, light, it's festive, it's great for mimosa is iss. and then we have the true french sham pains, we have the high end don periogne. anywhere from 30 up to $150 a bottle, depending on what you want to do.. >> if you're doing this, is there any, should you go red, white? what should you do? how should you know what kindsat of champagne. >> first, last classify what dic let's classify what layou want o spend. then we go to your budget.d

and it fits everybody's palate and budget. what if you are a non-champagne guy? >> i'm going to put you to the test. let's do a blind testing. >> and i'm blind when it comesco for this. >> tell me which one you look,. >> i don't know anything, i't don't know what i'm doing. tastes like sprite. just kidding. >> this one? okay. >> i want you to tell me what you like. on the job -- drinking on the job. >> i think i like this one better. er >> that's the first one, the cava. under $10 a bottle.bo okay. to a lot of sparkling wine. we have to know what your budget

is. y dgetnext one, this was a more l, festive, true french champagne. so we have something in everybody's budget, and we're here open until 6:00 p.m., so., come on by.me any other questions, we can answer for you, we're here for you.heor >> and you just want people to come in, you need to know how much they want to spend. and then you can guide them. >> we fit your budget, so whenet you come in, tell us what you want to spends, wealth's finds the right sparkling wine.klin >> is there anything they shouldn't get?ld or is it just wide open, get whatever you want.ver >> here are a lot of wines if don't carry, but everything is good. >> just what you feel is best for you. >> we're open to 6:00 today.to >> thank you for coming in.. we appreciate t happy new year to you. >> everybody drive safely.

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